Find the Best Photographers in Columbus

Stacey Ash Photography is a Columbus-area newborn photographer operating out of a dedicated 1,250-square-foot newborn studio located near Polaris Parkway. The studio was purpose-built for newborn work, giving Stacey the space and equipment needed to safely pose and photograph sleeping infants using a variety of setups and backdrops within a single session. Stacey describes herself as a professional Columbus newborn photographer who also serves many families from Dublin, and her portfolio has been featured in Dublin Quarterly, reflecting recognition within the local Central Ohio photography community. In addition to newborn sessions, Stacey Ash Photography also photographs maternity and children, giving families the option to document pregnancy through a baby’s first months with a single photographer. The studio serves the greater Columbus area, including Dublin, Lewis Center, Powell, Westerville, and Worthington, making it accessible to families throughout the northern suburbs as well as the city itself. Stacey’s newborn work has also been recognized with local photography awards, underscoring a focus on the technical posing and safety skills that dedicated newborn photography requires. For Columbus-area parents specifically seeking a studio built around newborn photography rather than a general portrait business, Stacey Ash Photography’s dedicated newborn space is a distinguishing feature. 

Whimsy Lane Studio is a Central Ohio family, maternity, baby, and newborn photography studio owned and led by photographer Andrea Stout. Based near Dublin and Sunbury, the studio works with families throughout the Columbus area, offering newborn sessions built around a safe, unhurried environment for posing sleeping infants. Andrea’s experience extends beyond her own client work — she has spoken at national photography conferences, led educational workshops, and mentored aspiring photographers from across the United States, giving her a depth of technical knowledge that carries into every newborn session at Whimsy Lane. The studio uses high-quality equipment and detailed post-processing to produce polished, heirloom-style newborn portraits, with a portfolio that includes dedicated newborn galleries showcasing the studio’s signature soft, timeless look. In addition to newborn photography, Whimsy Lane Studio offers maternity, baby, family, and senior sessions, allowing clients to work with the same studio across multiple stages of their family’s story. For Columbus-area parents who want a newborn photographer with both hands-on client experience and recognized standing within the professional photography community, Whimsy Lane Studio offers a combination of technical expertise and a calm, family-centered studio approach. 

Sarah Cropper Photography is a Columbus newborn and family photographer with over nine years of experience working specifically with newborns and babies. Sarah operates an all-white, residential-style studio designed to feel cozy and calm rather than clinical, an environment built around helping newborns settle comfortably during their portrait session. Her dedication to safe newborn posing includes completing a specialized posing and safety workshop, a level of training that reflects the technical care required to photograph sleeping infants in the intricate poses associated with fine art newborn photography. Sarah has been recognized multiple times for her work, having received “Best Newborn Photographer” and “Best Family Photographer” honors in Columbus through Expertise, and she has been named a top family photographer by Peerspace for six consecutive years. Her newborn portfolio includes real named sessions — babies like Zayne, Mack, Eden, and Presley — each photographed with the soft, timeless style that has become her signature. Beyond newborn portraits, Sarah also photographs families as children grow, giving parents the option of returning to the same photographer for milestones beyond the newborn stage. For Columbus families who want an experienced, award-recognized newborn specialist with dedicated safety training, Sarah Cropper Photography is a well-established choice. 

Ivy & Moss Photography is a Pataskala-based portrait studio specializing in newborn, children, and pet photography, led by a photographer with more than 15 years of experience. Located on South Main Street, the studio serves families throughout the greater Columbus area who are looking for newborn sessions alongside first-year, family, and children’s portraits. The photographer describes a career built specifically around newborn and child photography, and the studio’s portfolio reflects that focus with dedicated newborn galleries showcasing sleeping poses, family compositions, and detail shots from real client sessions. Client testimonials highlight a comfortable, unhurried studio experience, which matters especially for newborn sessions where patience and safe handling are essential to getting relaxed, natural images of a sleeping baby. In addition to newborn photography, Ivy & Moss also photographs cake smash and first-birthday milestones, giving families a way to continue their portrait story with the same studio well past the newborn stage. With over a decade and a half of hands-on experience posing and photographing infants, Ivy & Moss Photography has built a loyal following among Central Ohio families who want a specialist rather than a generalist behind the camera for their baby’s first portraits. 

Seedlings Studios Photography is a newborn and family photography studio located in Historic Downtown Worthington, just north of Columbus. Photographer Jess specializes in fine art newborn photography as well as timeless maternity and motherhood portraits, working with families in a cozy, natural-light studio space. Clients from across Central Ohio — including Grove City and New Albany — travel to the Worthington studio for sessions, drawn by Jess’s experience working with newborns and her ability to help families feel comfortable during what can be a delicate, unpredictable type of shoot. Reviews consistently describe Jess as capturing natural, beautiful results while making both babies and their families feel at ease, and the studio has built a 5-star reputation across multiple review platforms. Seedlings Studios also offers “growing baby” sessions that document a child’s first year beyond the newborn stage, giving families the option to continue their portrait journey with the same photographer. Full collections begin at $680, with most clients investing between $900 and $2,000 in complete artwork packages, reflecting a boutique, fine-art approach to newborn photography rather than a high-volume studio model. For Columbus-area parents seeking an intimate, downtown studio experience for their newborn’s first portraits, Seedlings Studios Photography is a well-reviewed local option. 

Brynn Burke Photography is a Columbus-based newborn and family photographer known for fine art portraits that highlight the earliest days of a baby’s life. Brynn works with families throughout the Columbus area, offering newborn sessions alongside family portraits, and her studio has earned a 5-star reputation from her clients. Repeat clients describe working with Brynn as an “incredible” experience, praising both the quality of the finished images and the care she takes with each family. Because demand for her sessions is high, Brynn intentionally keeps her calendar limited, opening booking windows as her schedule allows and inviting prospective clients to join a waitlist — an approach that reflects her commitment to giving each newborn session unhurried, individual attention rather than overbooking her studio. Beyond portrait sessions, Brynn Burke Photography also offers fine art prints, digital art pieces, and educational content for other photographers looking to learn her techniques, reflecting a career built around both client work and craft. For Columbus parents who want newborn portraits from a photographer with a loyal, five-star client following and a reputation for genuine care during the session, Brynn Burke Photography is a standout choice among the city’s boutique newborn studios. 

Bare Baby Photography has been photographing newborns and growing families throughout Central Ohio for nearly 17 years, working out of a dedicated studio in Granville that serves Columbus, New Albany, Gahanna, Westerville, Dublin, Bexley, and Grove City. The studio specializes in fully-styled newborn sessions, offering a curated wardrobe of more than 100 gowns and outfits for both mothers and babies, along with professional hair and styling support so parents can relax while their newborn is photographed with experienced, gentle handling. Beyond newborns, the team also photographs maternity, first-year milestones, family, and “mommy and me” sessions, giving clients a consistent photographer to document the earliest chapters of their child’s life. Bare Baby Photography describes itself as one of Columbus’s leading maternity and newborn photography studios, trusted by hundreds of families across Central Ohio, and has built a nearly 5-star reputation with over a hundred client reviews. With nearly two decades in business, the studio has refined a calm, baby-led approach to posing and safety that prioritizes the newborn’s comfort throughout the session. Families looking for an established, experienced newborn photographer with a fully appointed studio and wardrobe closet consistently turn to Bare Baby Photography for portraits meant to be treasured for generations. 

Candace Lynn built her business on wedding-day storytelling, shooting full-time since 2016 after training in photography and graphic design at the Columbus College of Art and Design. That Ohio foundation still shows in her work, even though she’s since relocated her home base to Phoenix, Arizona — by her own account, “Phoenix is home, but Ohio will also always be home.”

Weddings are the clear focus of her portfolio, with couples’ and senior portrait sessions rounding out her offerings. Her online galleries lean toward candid, emotionally driven imagery rather than stiffly posed shots, and she’s described getting genuinely moved at client ceremonies — a detail that tracks with the warmer, documentary feel of her published work.

Because she now travels for weddings rather than working from a single home market, couples in Ohio or Arizona shouldn’t assume she’s locally based day-to-day — but her Columbus training and stated ties to the state mean she has real familiarity with the area, and her site indicates she takes on travel weddings across the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, California, Tennessee, and internationally. 

Val, the photographer behind PhanPhotoCo, has become one of Columbus’s most-booked wedding photographers by leaning into unscripted, emotion-first storytelling rather than stiff, posed shots — think the nervous laugh before vows or a stolen glance during the first look. That candid style is a big reason she’s earned a perfect 5.0-star rating across dozens of reviews on Thumbtack and The Knot, plus recognition as a Knot “Best of Weddings” pick.

Beyond weddings, PhanPhotoCo also shoots engagement sessions, family portraits, and senior pictures, so clients can return to the same photographer for more than one milestone. As a military and Asian-Pacific Islander woman-owned business based in Columbus, Val brings a personal, relationship-first approach that reviewers consistently point to — clients describe her as easy to work with, quick to respond, and genuinely fun to have around on a wedding day.

We recommend PhanPhotoCo to Columbus-area couples who want a photographer who feels like a trusted friend on-site rather than a hired vendor — someone who’ll stand out in the rain to get the shot and still keep the day feeling relaxed and unhurried. 

Kyle Long Photography is a Columbus-based studio built around genuine, in-the-moment images rather than stiff, heavily posed shots. Working out of Columbus, Ohio, Kyle photographs weddings and engagements throughout the region, and his portfolio shows the kind of close, unscripted connection — a stolen kiss, a quiet look between partners — that couples actually want to remember from their day.

What stands out is the warmth and color he brings to every gallery, paired with an approach that clearly favors real emotion over rigid posing. His own tagline, “Capturing Life, Color & Love,” is a fair summary of what shows up in the work: natural light, genuine expressions, and a documentary sensibility that still delivers polished, gallery-quality images.

Beyond weddings, Kyle also shoots engagement sessions and concert photography, which means he’s comfortable working fast in unpredictable, low-light settings – a useful skill on a wedding day when timing and light rarely cooperate. For Columbus couples who want photos that feel like their actual wedding rather than a staged catalog shoot, he’s worth a look. 

Starling Studio is a Columbus, Ohio wedding photography studio led by photographer Tessa Berg, who shoots in a candid, photojournalistic style built around real, unposed moments rather than stiff formal setups. The studio works throughout Columbus and the surrounding central Ohio area and has built a reputation for warm, story-driven wedding coverage.

The accolades back up the reputation: Starling Studio has been named Best Columbus Wedding Photographer by Columbus Weddings four years running (2021-2024), is a repeat winner of The Knot Best of Weddings and the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award, and has been featured in outlets like Style Me Pretty, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Equally Wed. On Google, the studio holds a 5.0-star rating across 128 reviews.

Beyond weddings, Starling Studio also books engagement and family sessions, and is explicitly LGBTQIA+-inclusive in how it markets and serves couples. For anyone in Columbus who wants unscripted, emotionally honest wedding photos from a studio with a real local track record, Starling Studio is an easy recommendation. 

Aseel Brodd Photography has been capturing weddings and family milestones out of Dublin, Ohio for years, and it shows in how comfortable her couples look in front of the camera. Aseel’s background in graphic design gives her wedding galleries a clean, deliberate eye for composition and light, while her own experience as a mother of twins seems to translate into a genuine warmth with clients — reviewers consistently mention feeling relaxed and well taken care of on the big day.

Beyond weddings, she’s built a full-service studio covering engagements, family portraits, newborns, seniors, and professional headshots, so couples who book her for the wedding often come back for anniversary or family sessions down the road. That range, paired with a currently perfect rating across Google, WeddingWire, Yelp, and The Knot, is why she’s an easy recommendation for couples planning a wedding anywhere in the Columbus metro.

If you’re looking for a Dublin- or Columbus-based photographer who treats your wedding day as a story rather than a checklist, Aseel Brodd Photography is worth a call. 

Simon Yao Studio has anchored Columbus portrait and wedding photography since 1999, when Simon Yao — an Ohio State grad who immigrated from Taipei in 1990 — started out shooting weddings full-time. That original focus never went away; it just grew into a broader practice. Today the studio, tucked behind its own hand-built European-inspired garden off Dublin-Granville Road, also handles engagement sessions, maternity portraits, multi-generational family shoots, senior portraits, and professional headshots.

What stands out is the throughline: this is a studio that photographs the same families for decades, from engagement to wedding day to their kids’ senior portraits years later. That kind of repeat relationship is hard to fake, and it shows in a client base that keeps coming back rather than a one-and-done wedding vendor.

With a 4.8-star average across Google reviews and specific praise for a calm, professional, unhurried shooting style, Simon Yao Studio is a solid pick for Columbus-area couples who want wedding photography that favors timeless composition over trend-chasing — especially if they’re the type to want a photographer for the next milestone, too. 

Melchy Hill Photography & Video is a boutique, Columbus-based husband-and-wife-run studio (led by photographer/videographer Melchy) that deliberately keeps its wedding calendar small — capping bookings at roughly 15 couples a year so every wedding gets full, unrushed attention from first consultation to final gallery delivery. With more than 100 weddings under her belt at venues across Columbus and greater Ohio (Franklin Park Conservatory, Jorgensen Farms, the Columbus Museum of Art, Scioto Reserve, and beyond), she’s built a reputation for a calm, candid, documentary-style approach that lets couples stay present instead of posing.

Reviewers consistently point to the same things: clear communication, an organized wedding-day presence, and genuine, true-to-life images rather than heavily filtered or trend-chasing edits. The studio backs that up with concrete guarantees — a 6–8 week gallery turnaround (or a print credit if it slips), backup gear, and a backup photographer for every wedding.

Beyond weddings, Melchy also shoots boudoir and family lifestyle sessions, and offers photo/video packages together or separately, making her a flexible pick for Columbus couples who want one photographer who can grow with them from engagement through family milestones. 

Bree Lea Photography has spent 15 years photographing weddings, and it shows in how unhurried her images feel — she’s built a reputation locally and beyond for catching the quiet, in-between moments rather than just posed shots. Based in Columbus, she splits her calendar between Ohio weddings and destination work in places like Palm Springs and Hawaii, so couples planning a trip-based wedding have a photographer who’s already used to travel logistics.

What stands out most is the consistency of her feedback: a 5.0-star average across 30 reviews on The Knot is hard to fake after this many weddings, and it lines up with the confident, editorial-but-warm style shown throughout her portfolio. Packages start at $2,100, and because she doesn’t list a public phone number, couples reach her directly through the contact form on her website to start the conversation.

For Columbus couples who want a photographer with a decade and a half of wedding-day reps under her belt — someone equally comfortable at a backyard ceremony or a Palm Springs elopement — Bree Lea Photography is a name that keeps coming up for good reason. 

Matyuk Photography is a husband-and-wife team, Alex and Natalie, who’ve been photographing weddings and portraits around Columbus for more than a decade, working out of the Galloway/Grove City area. They’ve built a genuinely strong local reputation for it: a perfect 5-star average across dozens of verified reviews on WeddingWire and The Knot, plus a multi-year “Best of Weddings” honor from The Knot.

Weddings are clearly the core of what they do — their site is stacked with full wedding galleries from ceremonies and receptions across Central Ohio — but their range extends well beyond the aisle. They also shoot engagement, maternity, newborn, family, and senior portrait sessions, so it’s not unusual for a couple to book them for their wedding and then come back years later for a newborn or family session.

What comes through most in client feedback is how comfortable Alex and Natalie make people feel in front of the camera, letting real moments happen instead of forcing stiff poses. For couples getting married in the Columbus area who want a locally rooted, husband-and-wife team with a decade-plus track record, Matyuk Photography is an easy one to recommend. 

Amy Ann Photography has been a fixture of the Columbus wedding scene for over a decade, and it shows in the numbers: 13 years in business, more than 350 weddings photographed, and a “Best of The Knot” award earned every single year since 2013. That kind of consistency doesn’t happen by accident — it comes from a photographer who genuinely loves what she does and treats every couple’s day like it’s the only one that matters.

What sets Amy apart is her explicitly inclusive approach. She’s built her business around welcoming LGBTQ+ couples, interfaith ceremonies, and every kind of family, with a candid, true-to-life shooting style that favors real emotion over stiff posing. She’s shot everywhere from the Columbus Zoo to Franklin Park Conservatory to backyard elopements, and she’s just as comfortable at a same-sex wedding at Strongwater as she is at a traditional Jewish ceremony at the Columbus Museum of Art.

Beyond weddings, Amy rounds out her practice with engagement sessions, family portraits, newborn sessions, headshots, senior portraits, and boudoir work — so couples who book her for the big day often come back for the milestones before and after it. Based in Columbus but willing to travel throughout Ohio and beyond, she’s a solid, well-reviewed pick for anyone looking for a documentary-style wedding photographer with real staying power. 

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